Lexus NX 450h+ F Sport a stylish plug-in hybrid SUV that is fast and can also achieve excellent fuel consumption when charged overnight.
Petrol engine and electrical system combine to deliver fuel consumption of just 3.9 litres per 100km.Lexus has always been a low volume, more than worthy, premium alternative to the big three Germans; Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
The Lexus NX 450h+ F Sport, a plug-in hybrid, is the perfect example of both premium and new energy offering. Packaged in that typical, slightly conservative Lexus sporty kind of way. Add this all up and you get 310kW of power and 618Nm of torque. But Lexus is happy to rate their NX 450h+ F Sport at 227kW and 227Nm. I think they are half right. My road test numbers support their claimed power output considering that this SUV weighs in at 1 860 kg and hits 100km/h in just 6.44 seconds and 187km/h in only 800m of road.doesn’t agree with the torque number remaining the same. It simply can’t be due to the added urge from the battery.
I would have the engine charge the battery when I was cruising on the open road. And then do the urban, stop start driving, using battery power only. You can let the car do its own thing of switching between engine and battery, which most probably will, and then you can expect to average around 6.5-litres. But this is honestly a moving target that depends very much on the journey.
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